jmdict 1168670 Active (id#2184655)
因縁 [news1,nf17]
いんねん [news1,nf17] いんえん
  1. [n]
    • fate
    • destiny
  2. [n]
    • connection
    • tie
    • bond
    • origin
  3. [n]
    • pretext
    • justification
  4. [n] {Buddhism}
    • hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
History:
    • A 2022-04-29 23:24:11 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      We no longer use expl glosses for non-Japanese concepts.
    • Diff
      @@ -37,2 +37 @@
      -<gloss>hetu and prataya</gloss>
      -<gloss g_type="expl">direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things</gloss>
      +<gloss>hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)</gloss>
    • A 2022-04-28 20:46:22 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-04-28 04:24:31 Stephen Kraus
    • Comments
      better as two glosses?
    • Diff
      @@ -37 +37,2 @@
      -<gloss>hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)</gloss>
      +<gloss>hetu and prataya</gloss>
      +<gloss g_type="expl">direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things</gloss>
    • A 2013-03-20 03:07:16 Paul Upchurch
    • A* 2013-03-19 21:44:15 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      From usage it's plain the non-Buddhist senses dominate. The JEs don't mention it. This ordering is more in line with GG5.
    • Refs
      Daijr, GG5, etc.
    • Diff
      @@ -19,5 +19,0 @@
      -<field>&Buddh;</field>
      -<gloss>hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)</gloss>
      -</sense>
      -<sense>
      -<pos>&n;</pos>
      @@ -30,0 +25,2 @@
      +<gloss>tie</gloss>
      +<gloss>bond</gloss>
      @@ -35,0 +32,6 @@
      +<gloss>justification</gloss>
      +</sense>
      +<sense>
      +<pos>&n;</pos>
      +<field>&Buddh;</field>
      +<gloss>hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)</gloss>
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